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ThePretzul t1_j2e917l wrote

Mandatory fees not disclosed in the lease are an open and shut small claims court case in all 50 states in the US, with the property management company themselves paying your filing costs in addition to the amount they’ve illegally charged in fees (with some states tacking on additional punitive damages for good measure).

That said they’re allowed to charge fees for various “convenient” forms of payment. Mailed or hand-delivered cash or check are always fee-free unless otherwise specified in the lease (and fee-free regardless of what the lease says in most states which require at least one fee-free option to pay rent).

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fuck_all_you_people t1_j2e9tul wrote

And then the property management company doubles my rent to the point that I have to move out because there are zero laws against it here. So now I'm stuck looking for another rental in my kids school district but now every time a rental company does a background check for a history of evictions they see I had a civil suit against my previous landlord so I can't find a new place to live in the 30 days I have to move.

No thanks. Not worth the $600 I'd get back from the bullshit fees.

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